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Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday.The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase of more than $50 for retirees every month, agency officials said.About 72.5 million people, including retirees, disabled people and children, get Social Security benefit.But even befo…

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Social Security Recipients Will Get a 2.5% Cost-of-Living Boost in 2025

A woman who was pronounced dead for 11 minutes has offered a vivid account of the afterlife, insisting that she’s seen both heaven and hell with her own eyes.In 2019, Charlotte Holmes of Wichita, Kansas, was having a routine checkup with her cardiologist when her blood pressure suddenly spiked.She w...

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Woman who 'died and visited hell' shares the 'unbearable' horrors she saw

Nearly 200 tenants launched a rent strike at the start of this month over what they see as intolerable living conditions at two large apartment buildings in Kansas City and Independence.The renters at Quality Hill Towers and Independence Towers are demanding better upkeep, repairs, collectively bargained leases and capping annual rent hikes at 3% across the country for buildings backed with federally secured loans.The Beacon has put together a g…

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Kansas lawmakers have discussed medical weed every year since 2021, when it passed out of the House.  Police warn of a laundry list of problems if Kansas were to allow marijuana for medical purposes.  Some Kansas lawmakers disagreed with police over possible problems with medical weed.   Kansas police are once again saying no to drugs — including medical marijuana.  On Tuesday, groups representing police chiefs, sheriffs and peace off…

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Tesha La Sha Florence, the 16-year-old Robert Florence's mother, killed him in the Kansas city of Wichita early in October 2024.

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Single mother of four facing financial struggles fatally shoots teenage son after threatening ex-husband and girlfriend with gun - Thar Tribune

Janet Baker has to say “no” more often than she would like to the aging Kansas Citians her organization serves. Even to a woman newly confined to a wheelchair who called a couple of weeks ago requesting Meals on Wheels, Baker, executive director of KC Shepherd’s Center, had to say “no.” “This makes me sick,” […]

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As money for senior citizens runs out, Jackson County voters consider a new property tax • Missouri Independent

Alexandra Middlewood said there has never been a presidential election race like 2024. “We have no examples of something like this that has happened in modern times,” said Middlewood about President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race in July. “It’s certainly going to be an interesting year.” Middlewood is an associate professor and the chair of the political science department at Wichita State. She said Biden dropping out just 100 d…

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‘It’s going to be an interesting year’: What WSU’s political science department can tell us about the upcoming election

WICHITA, Kansas (WJW) – A mother faces multiple charges in the shooting death of her teenage son. According to police in Wichita, Kansas, around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, October 9, officers respond to a report of a shooting at a home. 
	
		North Carolina man shot, killed outside of his own wedding; family wants answers	   According to police, a woman called and said she shot her son. Officers found Robert Florence, 16, with a single gunshot wound. H…

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Allan Schmidt, a member of the Wichita State University presidential search committee and a former member of the Kansas Board of Regents, says controversy about WSU President Richard Muma's dissertation makes clear that candidates for top university administrative jobs should have their academic writing vetted. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)WICHITA — A former Kansas Board of Regents member who hired Wichita State University President Richard M…

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Former Kansas regent: WSU controversy exposes need to vet leaders’ academic writing • Kansas Reflector

Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing's 737 Max production facility await shipment on rail tracks at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., in Wichita, Kansas, on Dec. 17, 2019. Nick Oxford | Reuters Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will lay off about 700 workers as the plane maker's machinists' strike enters its sixth week, a spokesman […]

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Spirit AeroSystems to furlough 700 workers as Boeing machinist strike continues

WICHITA, Kansas— (BUSINESS WIRE) —Textron Aviation today announced the launch of “EVox,” specialized aftermarket upgrade packages developed for Cessna Citation and Beechcraft King Air customers looking for the latest updates and modifications to optimize the value of their aircraft. eVox allows customers to bundle cutting-edge avionics, cutting-edge connectivity solutions, luxurious [...] The Textron Aviation article presents the exclusive eVox …

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Textron Aviation presents exclusive eVox updates: complete, direct-from-factory modification packages for Cessna Citation and Beechcraft King Air customers

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